Professional Experience
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Assistant Professor: September 2020 - Present
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India
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Research Scientist: October 2019 - August 2020
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
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Postdoctoral Scientist: October 2014 - September 2019
Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor: Prof. Tania Baker; Co-Advisor: Prof. Robert Sauer
Principal Investigator
CYB-320, Department of Chemistry
IIT-Madras
044-22574213
hemachandra@iitm.ac.in
Academic Profile
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Ph.D: August 2008 - April 2014
Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Advisor: Prof. Sri Rama Koti Ainavarapu
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M.Sc Chemistry: 2008
School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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B.Sc (Maths, Physics, Chemistry): 2006
A.V.College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Selected Awards and Achievements
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Education committee travel award for attending 61st Biophysical society meeting, 2017, U.S.A.
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Honorable mention for the best thesis award in chemistry at TIFR during 2014-2015.
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Student Research Achievement Award for the best poster in Mechanobiology subgroup at 58th Biophysical Society meeting, USA, 2014.
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International Relations Committee Travel award for attending the 58th Biophysical society meeting, USA, 2014.
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Travel Award for attending 7th Asian Biophysics Association- IBS symposium, New Delhi, 2011.